MUSIC: Martha Wainwright, Bridgewater Hall, Sunday

It can’t be easy making your voice heard in the Wainwright home. There’s father Loudon Wainwright III, one of the most venerable folk musicians of his generation. Then there’s his ex-wife Kate McGarrigle, also a celebrated folk singer. Most famously, there’s their son Rufus Wainwright, the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter.

It can’t be easy making your voice heard in the Wainwright home. There’s father Loudon Wainwright III, one of the most venerable folk musicians of his generation. Then there’s his ex-wife Kate McGarrigle, also a celebrated folk singer. Most famously, there’s their son Rufus Wainwright, the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter.

Escaping such a huge family shadow can’t be easy, so you have to applaud Martha Wainwright – Rufus’s sister – for making a real success on her own terms.

It’s been a long time in coming – for many years, she was an unknown, a cultish songwriter who was recognised only on the indie fringes. But her profile has shot up recently and she’s sure to get another foot on the ladder with her second album I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too, released earlier this month. As the title suggests, Wainwright is a singer who’s not afraid to pull her punches – typical of her family’s songwriting trademark, Martha is happy to wear her bruised heart on her sleeve; her punchy folk songs ringing out with matters of ill-advised romantic affairs, late-night dread and plummeting self-esteem. This week’s show surely proves that the daughter of the family is finally here to steal the spotlight. DAVID SUE